Dockwise Shipping lands transportation contract

Jan. 29, 2009
Dockwise Shipping has won contracts totaling $42 million for the transportation of jackup drilling rigs, dredging equipment, and various other cargoes.

Offshore staff

HAMILTON, Bermuda -- Dockwise Shipping has won contracts totaling $42 million for the transportation of jackup drilling rigs, dredging equipment, and various other cargoes.

Dockwise Shipping, in company with industry partners, is to transport the drilling rigs Great Drill Chetna, Seajacks Kraken, Ocean Quest, and Offshore Intrepid to new assignments in India, Canada, Brazil, and the Arabian Gulf respectively.

The company has also been contracted to transport a dredging cargo to Japan, accommodation jackups to the Netherlands, derrick and jackup barges to Africa and the Netherlands as well as patrol boats to Italy. Almost all projects are for execution in the first half of the year.

01/29/2009